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Of the 3,934 students enrolled in Tippah County schools in 2019-2020, 69.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tippah County students.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Pine Grove High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Tippah County schools showed 69.9% students were White, 17% were Black or African American, 6.3% were Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% were Two or More Races.

There are nine schools in Tippah County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Blue Mountain High School	-	36.9	10.4	4.5	48.2
Chalybeate Elementary School	-	-	-	-	96.3
Falkner Elementary School	-	5.4	-	-	89.3
Falkner High School	-	13.9	-	-	80.5
Pine Grove High School	-	-	-	1.9	97.2
Ripley Elementary School	-	26.4	12.1	10.5	49.8
Ripley High School	-	30.1	12.5	-	49.3
Ripley Middle School	-	25	13.8	8	52.7
Walnut Attendance Center	-	9.8	-	6.4	82.7

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.